daiju

Finnish

Etymology

Through Helsinki slang, attested since the early 20th century. Apparantly borrowed from Russian даю (daju, “I give (a beating)”), conjugated form of Russian давать (davatʹ, “to give”) in the expression Russian даю по морде (daju po morde). Compare mortu (“face”) from old Vyborg slang.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑi̯ju/, [ˈdɑi̯j(ː)u]
  • Rhymes: -ɑiju
  • Syllabification(key): dai‧ju

Adjective

daiju (comparative daijumpi, superlative daijuin)

  1. (colloquial) stupid, foolish, idiotic
    Synonym: see thesaurus:tyhmä
    Älä oo niin daiju.
    Don't be so stupid.
    Onhan se daijua mennä sinne yöllä.
    I know it's stupid to go there at night.
  2. (slang) out of one's mind
    Synonyms: hullu, järjiltään, sekaisin, tolaltaan
    Se hörhö oli ihan daijuna.
    That junkie was totally out of his mind.
  3. (slang, obsolete) cool, nice
    Synonyms: hieno, upea

Declension
Inflection of daiju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative daiju daijut
genitive daijun daijujen
partitive daijua daijuja
illative daijuun daijuihin
singular plural
nominative daiju daijut
accusative nom. daiju daijut
gen. daijun
genitive daijun daijujen
partitive daijua daijuja
inessive daijussa daijuissa
elative daijusta daijuista
illative daijuun daijuihin
adessive daijulla daijuilla
ablative daijulta daijuilta
allative daijulle daijuille
essive daijuna daijuina
translative daijuksi daijuiksi
instructive — daijuin
abessive daijutta daijuitta
comitative — daijuine
Possessive forms of daiju (type valo)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person daijuni daijumme
2nd person daijusi daijunne
3rd person daijunsa

Noun

daiju

  1. (colloquial) fool, moron, idiot
    Synonym: see typerys
  2. (slang, dated) Synonym of pää (“head”).
    ottaa daijuun ― to be pissed, annoyed
  3. (slang) Synonym of naama (“face”).

Declension
Inflection of daiju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative daiju daijut
genitive daijun daijujen
partitive daijua daijuja
illative daijuun daijuihin
singular plural
nominative daiju daijut
accusative nom. daiju daijut
gen. daijun
genitive daijun daijujen
partitive daijua daijuja
inessive daijussa daijuissa
elative daijusta daijuista
illative daijuun daijuihin
adessive daijulla daijuilla
ablative daijulta daijuilta
allative daijulle daijuille
essive daijuna daijuina
translative daijuksi daijuiksi
instructive — daijuin
abessive daijutta daijuitta
comitative — daijuineen
Possessive forms of daiju (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person daijuni daijumme
2nd person daijusi daijunne
3rd person daijunsa

References
  1. Heikki Paunonen (2016) Sloboa Stadissa: stadin slangin etymologiaa
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